被控在逃离精神病院后在NZ放火烧死宿舍的男子;面临谋杀指控。 Man accused of setting fatal hostel fire in NZ after escaping mental health facility; faces murder charges.

一名50岁的男子被控于2023年5月向惠灵顿一家旅店放火,造成五人死亡,他于几周前逃离精神病院。 A 50-year-old man accused of killing five people by setting fire to a Wellington hostel in May 2023 had fled from a mental health facility weeks earlier. 他声称有声音告诉他放火,但一名精神病医生作证说,虽然他患有偏执性精神分裂症,但他明白自己的行为是错误的。 He claims voices told him to set the fire, but a psychiatrist testified that while he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, he understood his actions were wrong. 被告面临谋杀和纵火指控,法院将裁决他在犯罪时是否精神失常。 The defendant faces murder and arson charges, and the court will decide if he was insane at the time of the crime.